Our study has several notable strengths. First is the recent year (2013), an important factor with growth in population and age‐adjusted rates of suicide. Second is our inclusion of all types of costs (direct and indirect costs for both suicides and nonfatal attempted suicides). Third is our adjustment for possible under‐reporting of completed suicides, a process that parallels adjustments made for causes of death internationally in the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study (Lozano et al., 2012). The result is comprehensive and up‐to‐date consistent estimates across gender and age categories.
